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2020 U.S. House election in California's 25th district

After Rep. Katie Hill effectively resigned from office, a special election was triggered to fill the vacancy.

Special election

The special election was held on March 3, 2020, concurring with the other primary elections preceding normal general elections for the other congressional district races in California. Garcia finished second place with only 25.4% of the vote,[1] trailing DemocratChristy Smith, but as no candidate garnered a majority of the votes casted, a runoff was triggered between the top two performers, as is under state law.

Runoff

Despite predictions that had suggested otherwise,[2][3] Garcia won the special election runoff by a margin of 12% of the vote over Christy Smith,[4] having been endorsed by Donald Trump.[5] This was especially after Smith had downplayed Garcia's military service, making a sarcastic mockery about it.[6]